• DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Some of them are more like a giant, non-touch-screen tablets than monitors.

    This probably just has this image saved into memory, and they can easily make it display something else.

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      3 months ago

      Is the image burning into the screen not a concern on these though?

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        3 months ago

        This displays often are not static, often displaying short video ads for seasonal items which take up the whole monitor.

        Probably less than the burn-in of a taskbar or window header

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        3 months ago

        Yes.

        There will either be a remote or just buttons on the display itself. You can select the source of what’s being displayed from a USB drive or SD card, that’s how it’s displaying the current image. Some of them have built-in casting options like chromecast.

        If it doesn’t have something built it, it will have HDMI in, which makes a chromecast, roku, firestick, or even just a PC a quick option.

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            3 months ago

            Commercial displays often still have buttons, at least on units that are designed to go inside.

            It also doesn’t say that this was stolen. It could have been a unit replaced during a remodel.